Edward Snowden, NSA files source: ‘If they want to get you, in time they will’Edward Snowden was interviewed over several days in Hong Kong by Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill. Q: Why did you decide to become a whistleblower? A: “The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting.
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Anonymous Just Leaked a Trove of NSA DocumentsIn the wake of last night’s revelation that everyone in the world has a creepy NSA-shaped stalker, defenders of online liberty and generally angry internet people Anonymous have leaked a treasure trove of NSA documents, including seriously important stuff like the US Department of Defense’s ‘Strategic Vision’ for controlling the internet.
President Obama’s DragnetWithin hours of the disclosure that federal authorities routinely collect data on phone calls Americans make, regardless of whether they have any bearing on a counterterrorism investigation, the Obama administration issued the same platitude it has offered every time President Obama has been caught overreaching in the use of his powers: Terrorists are a real menace and you should just trust us to deal with them because we have internal mechanisms (that we are not going to tell you about) to make sure we do not violate your rights.
Anxious? Activate your anterior cingulate cortex with a little meditationScientists, like Buddhist monks and Zen masters, have known for years that meditation can reduce anxiety, but not how. Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, however, have succeeded in identifying the brain functions involved.
Social media and opposition to blame for protests, says Turkish PMThousands of protesters have controlled Istanbul’s main square once more after two days of violent clashes with rampaging riot police, as Turkey’s prime minister vowed to press on with the controversial redevelopment that provoked the clashes. Calling the protesters an “extremist fringe”, Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the opposition Republican People’s party for provoking the protests.
Istanbul Is BurningWhat is happening in Turkey with the #occupygezi protests? Why should we care? We should care because, above all else, our grievances are connected through the violence brought when people stand up to say no to the initiatives of big business, planned behind closed doors and without our consent.
The Right to Evade RegulationEvery time you fill a prescription at a drug store like Walgreens, the pharmacy keeps a record of the transaction, noting information such as your name, the drug, the dosage, and the issuing doctor. It’s a routine bit of bookkeeping, and for a long time it raised few eyebrows.
American Fascism: Ralph Nader Decries How Big Business Has Taken Control of the U.S. GovernmentThis is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AARON MATÉ: For the rest of the hour, we’re joined by Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, corporate critic, attorney, author, activist and former presidential candidate. For well over four decades, Ralph has helped us drive safer cars, eat healthier food, breathe better air, drink cleaner water and work in safer environments.
NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers dailyThe National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America’s largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.
Dept. of Homeland Security: Laptops, Phones Can Be Searched Based on HunchesU.S. border agents should continue to be allowed to search a traveler’s laptop, cellphone or other electronic device and keep copies of any data on them based on no more than a hunch, according to an internal Homeland Security Department study.
Public Banking Conference good news: all solutions already here for deficits, debt, full-employmentPublic Banking Institute’s 2013 conference explains, documents, and proves that economic solutions for deficits, debt, and full-employment are structurally: easy to understand and self-evident upon inspection easy to implement would improve our economy amazingly quickly and thoroughly How? The conference link contains a complete schedule for access to each speaker’s contributions.
Jeremy Hammond Case Demonstrates the Draconian Nature of the CFAAIn the months since Aaron Swartz’s death, it’s become clear to the American public that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) has become one of the most dangerous and abused criminal laws available to prosecutors. One of its biggest problems-its draconian sentencing scheme-is on full display in the case of Jeremy Hammond.
Behind the Rise in House Prices, Wall Street BuyersThe last time the housing market was this hot in Phoenix and Las Vegas, the buyers pushing up prices were mostly small time. Nowadays, they are big time – Wall Street big. Large investment firms have spent billions of dollars over the last year buying homes in some of the nation’s most depressed markets.
The next corporate revolution will be power to the peonsComputerworld – SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Intel have something in common: They all came late to the mobile revolution. Why? Because they’re companies where management is top-down and responsibility for innovation and change is concentrated among executives with strict bureaucratic control over workers.
Former Teacher Speaks Out, “Everything I loved about teaching is extinct”Parents aren’t the only ones fed up with the education system in America. Teachers often get a bad rap for the failure of America’s education system and its inferiority to the pedagogic successes of countries like China.
Bank of America’s $8 Billion Mortgage Settlement to Go Before Judge After Two Years WaitAfter two years, Bank of America’s (NYSE: BAC) $8 billion mortgage settlement, related to securities it acquired in its purchase of Countrywide Financial, will be reviewed by a New York judge. The settlement is part of the company’s strategy to resolve outstanding liabilities from its infamous purchase of Countrywide in 2008.
‘Why were police so angry?’: Turkish protesters slam police brutality as over 1,700 get arrestedAcross Turkey, witnesses are reporting a disproportionate response by police to the protests, which in most instances begun peacefully. At least 2 people have reportedly been killed, over 1,700 detained across the country and hundreds have been injured.
Mindfulness in legal practice is going mainstreamWork-Life Balance Mindfulness in legal practice is going mainstream The call came on a Friday afternoon in 1991, the kind of news nobody wants to hear. But Timothy Tosta, then 41 and a partner in Baker & McKenzie’s San Francisco office, missed the call, and it wasn’t until the following Monday that he learned he had melanoma.